Chicago Sky ahead Angel Reese grew to become the WNBA’s work and studies high-profile determine to name out the league’s officers, saying “it needs to be mounted” and “I’m bored with this s—.”
Reese’s feedback got here after Sunday’s 80-75 loss to the Minnesota Lynx wherein the Sky tried solely eight free throws, versus 17 by the Lynx.
“It is robust if you speak to officers, and I requested them, ‘Hey, we have solely been to the free throw line twice up till the fourth quarter,’ and he or she tells me it isn’t her job,” Reese advised reporters after the sport. “So it is irritating as a result of I understand how laborious we’re battling inside, and I feel that we got here down and fought as laborious as we may with what we had, and I simply know we proceed to develop on this.
“I feel this can be a leaping step for us, and clearly we all know we will compete with the very best, however [the officiating] needs to be mounted. And I do not give a rattling if I get fined as a result of that s— is affordable, and I am bored with this s—. ‘Trigger I have been good, and I have been humble with it, however I’m bored with this s—.”
She then continued her criticism on X later Sunday night time, utilizing an acronym for an expletive earlier than saying “DO BETTER. @WNBA.”
Simply final month, Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White and Los Angeles Sparks guard Kelsey Plum blasted the league’s referees in separate situations.
On June 9, Plum confirmed her displeasure after a scarcity of calls in an overtime loss to the Golden State Valkyries.
“I drive greater than anybody within the league, so to shoot six free throws is f—ing absurd,” Plum stated. “I obtained scratches on my face, I obtained scratches on my physique, and these guards on the opposite workforce get these ticky-tack fouls, and I am sick of it. … I do not know what I must do. I’ve talked to the refs good, I pray earlier than the sport, like, f—, I am over it.”
On June 17, White blamed the officers for losing control of a Commissioner’s Cup game in opposition to the Connecticut Sun marked by a pair of scuffles, together with one within the remaining minute that resulted in three gamers getting ejected.
“When the officers do not get management of the ball sport, after they permit that stuff to occur — and it has been taking place all season lengthy, it isn’t simply this sport — that is what occurs, proper?” White stated. “… You may inform this was going to occur. So, [the officials] obtained to get management of it, they obtained to be higher.”